Ben Carson’s top aides quit in another blow to Republican’s campaign
The candidate’s numbers in opinion polls have dropped ahead of the first contest – in Iowa on 1 February –…
North Korea’s Kim blames South for mistrust in New Year speech
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 3rd Meeting of Activists in Fisheries under the Korean People’s Army (KPA)…
New year, new laws: what’s changing around the world on 1 January 2016
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Estonia on 1 January 2016, the first former Soviet republic to make it so. Photograph:…
Massive fire at Dubai skyscraper interrupts New Year’s Eve fireworks
A huge fire which engulfed part of a luxury hotel in Dubai, near where revellers had gathered to watch a…